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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1618952" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I agree with the post that recommended cutting back to the two quarts at a feeding. They can be over fed and can cause more problems than being slightly underfed when first starting them out. It was recommended to us by several sources to not give the full amount of milk replacer on the label for a while slowly building them up to it. When we used nurse cows I just let the new ones nurse for just a few minutes provided that they took to it good. Calves can be be hard to raise, and it unfortunately comes with losses. I used to raise 80-100 a year on bottles or nurse cows. I had a lot better survival rate when getting them first hand straight from a dairy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1618952, member: 24816"] I agree with the post that recommended cutting back to the two quarts at a feeding. They can be over fed and can cause more problems than being slightly underfed when first starting them out. It was recommended to us by several sources to not give the full amount of milk replacer on the label for a while slowly building them up to it. When we used nurse cows I just let the new ones nurse for just a few minutes provided that they took to it good. Calves can be be hard to raise, and it unfortunately comes with losses. I used to raise 80-100 a year on bottles or nurse cows. I had a lot better survival rate when getting them first hand straight from a dairy. [/QUOTE]
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